Oil-can holder



H. L. DECKER AND H E. ADAMS.

OIL CAN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.3I, 1919. RENEWED AUG. 7. 1920.

PatentedSept 28, 1920;.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH L. DECKER AND HARRY E. ADAMS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOBS TO THE W. G. NAGEL ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

OIL-CAN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

Application filed December 81, 1819, Serial No. 348,647. Renewed August 7, 1920. Serial No. 402,031.

To all whom it may cont-em:

Be it known that we, HUGH L. DECKER and HARRY E. ADAMS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a. certain new and useful Oil-Can Holder; and we do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to article holders, and particularly to holders for oil cans and similar articles.

The object of the invention is the provision of a simple and improved device of the character described which is preferably stamped or formed from sheet metal and provided with a spring tongue adapted to exert both an upward and lateral pressure on an article to hold it yieldingly and firmly to its seat in the holder.

The invention is fully described in the following specification. and while in its broader aspect it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder embodying the invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof attached to a support and holding an oil can, with the latter partly broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an L-shaped member, preferably of sheet spring steel or metal. having its upright portion 2 provided, in the present instance, with holes 3 for receiving nails, screws, or the like, to facilitate attaching the same to any suitable support 4. The horizontal portion 5 of the member is provided at its outer end edge, preferably at the corner thereof, with upwardly and inwardly extending ears 6, as is customary in holders of this character, which ears are adapted to engage over the base edge of an oil can 7 or other article to assist in holding it to the member.

The member 1 is provided with an L- shaped spring tongue 8. which is attached at its inner end to the upright portion 2 of the member adjacent to its to) edge, or a distance above its bottom e ge, and extends downward therefrom substantially to the line of mectin of the portions 2 and 5, thence outwardly and u wardly slightly above the surface lane 0 the portion 5 to cause its free ent ortion to engage the bottom of an article 7 and be sprung downwardly thereby when pressed to its seat in the holder. The tongue 8 works through a registering opening 9 in the member 1 which opening, if the tongue is stamped from the member, is formed thereby. The n right portion of the tongue 8 is prefera ly bowed inwardly, as indicated at 10. to bear against the side of an article 7, and, in the present instance, is formed at its angle with an inward depression or recess 11 for receiving the ro ecting edge 12 of the article. if provided thereon. The upright portion of the tongue normally bears inwardly against the side of the article 7 to hold it firmly but yieldingly against the ears 6.

The ton ue 8 normally projects inward from the ffirward surface plane of the upright 2 so that pressure is required to force an article down into seating position in the holder. the angle portion of the tongue being forced thereby rearwardly in the opening 9. It is thus evident that the tongue 8 not only serves to exert an upward pressure against the article, but also exerts an outward pressure thereagainst so that it is firmly held to its seat in the holder and effectually prevented from rattling or freeing itself from the holder, thus admirably adapting it for use in motor cars as an oil can holder. The. upright 2 of the holder should project below the supporting member 4 so that rearward movement of the angle portion of the tongue through the opening 9 may not be interfered with by the support.

Ve wish it understood that our invention is not limited to any specific construction, arrangement or form of the parts, as it is capable of numerous modifications and changes without departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. A holder of the class described, comprising an L-shaped body member with catch means at its outer end, and an angled spring tongue carried by the upright of said member and adapted to exert an upward and an outward lateral pressure on an article seating in the holder.

2. A device of the class described, comprising an L-shaped holding member having article engaging means at its outer edge, and an L-shaped spring tongue extending downward from the upright portion of the member to near its angle and thence outward and upward, the downwardly extending portion of the tongue adapted to exert an outward lateral pressure and the outwardly and upwardly extending portion of the tongue adapted to exert an upward pressure on an article seating in the member and to cooperate with the engaging means to hold the article.

3. A device of the class described, comprising an L-shaped holding member having an article engaging means at its outer end, an L-shaped tongue attachedto the upright of the member and extending downward therefrom to near the angle of the member and thence outward and upward above the surface plane of the horizontal portion of the member to bear upward against the bottom of an article seated in the member, the upright portion of the tongue ada ted to engage over the base edge portion 0 the article and to exert an outward lateral pressure thereagainst.

4. A device of the class described, comprising an L-shaped article holding member, of sheet metal having article engagin means at its outer edge and an L-shaped tongue struck from: said member with its inner end attached to the upright of the member, thence extending downward to near the angle of the member and thence outward and upward to ada t it to exert both an upward and outwar lateral ressure against an article seated in the mem r.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names to this specification.

HUGH L. DECKER. HARRY E. ADAMS. 

